CBI and Amicus warn of energy crisis

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | : "The union wants a government review of future energy requirements and greater investment in clean coal-fired power stations which cut emissions of gases such as sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide."



There is also mention of nuclear -but hang on ... hese are more immediate concerns -do they know how long it takes to get a nuke station built and commissioned? if they start now it might just get done by 2015 .... it's quicker and safer to get people to save elecricity, generate their own and invest in renewables.



A sensible way to frame that call -unlike the coal scraps thing over in the USA where environmental controls seem tenuous. The lurking issues is whether there are ways to get more power online while renewables come on stream. I guess my question is, if markets are so damn good, then they should be albe to work us out of this one ... challenge to the capitalists: I'm surprised the CBI aren't more excited at the possibilities for investment in renewables; there's a huge and growing market in this just waiting for people to exploit it and they want business as usual. What are they teaching these people in business schools?